Adventurous and Sustainable Eating

The Perennial Plate

This episode is about our brief interaction with a wonderful Bhutanese family we met in Atlanta. They are part of a community garden that integrates refugee farmers from around the world by giving them a piece of land to grow vegetables. Despite the challenges of communicating together, we picked some crops, cooked a meal together and enjoyed each others company. This was one of our favorite days on the trip.

16 responses to “Episode 90: Refugee Garden”

Way cool…..Isn’t it AMAZING how the Smile of Love just shines through on some people….no matter how tough times are? If someone could teach me how to show that face, I would listen. I “Try To Put My Best Face Forward” as is, but these folks are great.

Systematic ethnic cleansing has been ongoing in Bhutan (yes, the land of the happiness) for decades. It has been violent and brutal, and Bhutan can now boast having the largest percentage of their population displaced as refugees of any country on earth. The United States has been accepting tens of thousands Bhutanese refugees in the last 3 years to permanently resettle here via UNHCR.

Did a quick research on Bhutan. Looks to me like the country is finished. I am so proud of our United States to accept tens of thousands of these refugees.

Is there ANY other country that openly and legally welcomes the Bhutanese Refugees? I am not goung to make this one a project, unless God reaches down and touches my nose with his finger and says “My son, I want you to work on Bhutan” Guess I’d have to do it then. One Love

I am always so pleased to see people that tries to make a life where ever they are instead of dwelling on what was. I love this episode Daniel, maybe one day you’ll be in my neck of the woods and we will share some of our ethnic food with you too.

Thanks for this video and thanks for the information by ATOWNDOWN. This is a beautiful idea. My husband is a college professor, but did a project in an immigrant Hmong area of Sacramento where they set up a garden much like this. The elders shared stories, recipes and meals (until the program was cancelled due to funding). It connect us and that is truly wonderful.

I’m amazed there aren’t more people commenting now on these older webcasts! Maybe it’s because they are older and so people consider them no longer “commentable”, but I have to think there are a lot of people like me who stumbled across this after the fact and think it’s just great, thanks guys, really loving it! Trying unsuccessfully not to go through the videos like a rat to a cocaine laced water bottle.